Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

15 reviews

macliffe's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book left me in awe. I don’t think I’ve ever read a story told this way. It’s like the author give you the pitch at the beginning, then you spend the rest of the book zooming in slowly. I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy the characters because most of them were pretty insufferable at first, but I think the point of the book was to show that everyone has a story and motivations for why they  are the way they are. There are similar themes in A Man Called Ove.  I ended up loving all the characters, and this book became my favorite book of the year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

hannahgunther's review

Too much language for my taste.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cursing

bearybooky's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Book should be tagged lgbtqia

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

kristapeters's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Cursing, and Gun violence

tygeis02's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Blood, Dementia, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hapalyn's review

emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

alexisgarcia's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I loved this book. As usual, I always recommend people go into Backman’s books totally blind. It makes his books so much more enjoyable and exciting in my opinion. The group of characters were all so unique and well developed and it was really fun to see them all interact and eventually bond. I loved the twists and turns of the plot as well. I would recommend this book as a fun read! As always please read the content warnings!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

austin_b_64's review

emotional funny inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

My new favorite book of all-time! Part hostage story, part character study, all with Backman's trademark humor and fascination with people. This is his masterpiece!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing

beca_reads's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is a masterpiece, honestly if I could give this book 10 stars then I would. This book had be laughing and crying, and truly broke my heart in two and then stomped all over it. It's a story of what it truly is like to be a human in the 21st century, and the pressures we face on a daily basis. There was so much love and friendship in this book, it warms my heart. 
We follow two different timelines. The first timeline is the hostage drama. A bank robber is in need of money so tries to rob a bank, unfortunately for them the bank is cashless. They are then alerted to the fact that there is police outside, and they end up running into an apartment viewing and taking a bunch of people hostage. From there we are introduced to all of the hostages and their back stories. Each character has such a strong back story, they could easily have their own book each. The hostage situation is ridiculous in the best way, and ends up bringing these strangers together. Meanwhile we have the other time which takes place after the hostage. Jim and Jack are father and son, and work for the Swedish police. Jack is determined to figure out who the bank robber is as they can't find them, and believe that the hostages are hiding information. Both timelines are carefully interweaved to form this amazing story. For me personally I found Zara's and Estelle's storylines my favourites. 
Trigger warnings: suicide, suicide ideation, and confinement. 
Also if you plan on watching the Netflix adaptation (which is good by the way) I recommend reading the book all the way through first.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Classism